Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic gets torture tested, succumbs to the pain

by Darren Murph, posted Dec 27th 2008 at 10:25AM

The same wild and wacky Russians that demolished a Motorola ZN5 are showing the same courtesy to Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic. The so-called Crash Test involves putting Nokia's first Comes With Music-enabled handset through a litany of horrible scenes, including a stay in the local freezer, a fall from grace, a ride in the washing machine, a dip in a freshly brewed beer and, of course, a crushing blow from a vehicle. The preview video is hosted up in the read link, and the full results of how it fared are promised in the near future. Let's just say we're betting the farm it doesn't handle unlimited downloads, calls nor texts very well (read: at all) after this hellish experience.

[Thanks, Adam]

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian

Tags: 5800, 5800 xpressmusic, 5800Xpressmusic, nokia, torture, torture text, TortureText, video, xpressmusic

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carcomptoy @ Dec 27th 2008 11:40AM

WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?? The only reason to torture test a phone is if it actually claims to withstand more than normal wear and tear!

There seriously needs to be a Phone Protective Services, along the same vein as Child Protection Services...they're being abusive parents, and they need to be stopped from having phones :p